Obama 5% of Salary Giveback Doesn't Move Many Twitter Users

President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury as a solidarity measure to support the federal workers who have been furloughed because of the sequester, the White House announced Wednesday, but not everyone thinks the move is commendable.

"The president has decided that to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury," a White House official said, according to the New York Times.

Obama will give up about $1,700 a month from his $400,000 yearly salary for a total of about $20,000.

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Twitter exploded after the announcement was made Wednesday, with many criticizing Obama's self-inflicted pay cut.

Obama to give back 5% of salary for furloughed workers. Big deal, why not pay us for all those damn vacations. That will get my applause.

— Darrel Speed (@SpeedyFather) April 3, 2013

Is that REALLY his fair share? :P #stupid “@ap: Obama to return 5 percent of his salary in tribute to furloughed federal workers”

— Desire of the Humble (@DesireOfHumble) April 3, 2013

#Austerity in self-austerity RT @presjpolk: Obama self-imposing a 5% paycut in support of furloughed people taking a 20% paycut?Heh.

— Seton Motley (@SetonMotley) April 3, 2013

That's $20k or 7 minutes on Air Force One. #perspective MT @specialreport: (AP) -- White House: Obama to return 5 percent of his salary

— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) April 3, 2013

Obama should eliminate 5 percent of national debt in tribute to furloughed federal workers.

— Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) April 3, 2013

Obama takes 5 percent pay cut lol lol lol umm so he can throw lavish parties with Hollywood stars @ Whitehouse

— sea shanty (@Irishseashanty) April 4, 2013

Others poked fun at Obama's pay cut with other ways he could trim the fiscal fat. #Other5PercentObamaCuts was one of the top trending things on Twitter Wednesday.

#Other5PercentObamaCuts Obamas will spend 4 hours less on vacation every month.

— jdonels (@jdonels) April 3, 2013

#Other5PercentObamaCutsFuture Obama speeches will include 5% fewer self-referential personal pronouns

— Jim Branch (@jamesbranch3) April 3, 2013

#Other5PercentObamaCuts Will only use 19 kids for props on Gun Control speeches instead of 20

— RayCo (@RCope48) April 3, 2013

Obama has announced he will only play 17 holes of golf Sunday. #Other5PercentObamaCuts

— Pundit Review (@PunditReview) April 3, 2013

#Other5PercentObamaCuts Reduce the number of "uh's" per presidential speech by 5%.

— Maria Van Daele (@mfvandaele) April 3, 2013

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